Trump says he sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader over nuclear program

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : I'm not sure that everybody agrees with me, but we can make a deal that would be just as good as if you won militarily," Trump added.
46% : " "I hope you're going to negotiate because it's going to be a lot better for Iran and I think they want to get that letter," Trump said.
43% : U.S. intelligence agencies assess that Iran has yet to begin a weapons program, but has "undertaken activities that better position it to produce a nuclear device, if it chooses to do so." Since Trump returned to the White House, his administration has consistently said that Iran must be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons.
41% : DUBAI -- President Trump sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, seeking a new deal with Tehran to restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear program and replace the agreement he withdrew America from in his first term in office.
35% : " Trump offered no details of what, if anything, was specifically offered to Iran in the letter.
31% : Iran's accelerated production of near weapons-grade uranium puts more pressure on Trump as he's repeatedly said he's open to negotiations with the Islamic Republic while also increasingly targeting Iran's oil sales with sanctions as part of his reimposed "maximum pressure" policy.
28% : However, more recently the supreme leader tempered that, saying that negotiations with America "are not intelligent, wise or honorable," after Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran.
25% : Trump also ordered the attack that killed Iran's top general in a Baghdad drone strike in January 2020.
23% : In Israel itself, officials have suggested striking Iran's nuclear program now, something Trump has threatened while still insisting he'd prefer reaching a diplomatic deal with Tehran.
20% : Later Friday, Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York said it had not received any letter from Trump, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
18% : "I've written them a letter saying, 'I hope you're going to negotiate because if we have to go in militarily, it's going to be a terrible thing,' " Trump said.
13% : A previous attempt in 2019 for Trump to exchange a letter to Khamenei through the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saw the supreme leader declare: "I do not consider Trump personally worthy of exchanging any messages, nor do I have any response for him, and I never will."

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